My motivation for seeing this movie was to see Heath Ledger's performance and it was everything I expected and more. He was both daunting and comic at the same time. The role could not have been performed better. His death is a reminder of James Dean in the '50s - on the road to be a top performer. As for the movie itself, I think the last 40 minutes could have been cut and no one would be the wiser. Overall good.